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James Fraser Paige from Nova Scotia Archives

Date: 1909.Photographer: James Fraser Paige.Format: Nitrate Negative.Reference no.: James Fraser Paige Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1991-088.no. III-4.Scan no.: 201003910..Caption: Murray and Emeline..gov... More

Map of eastern Canada - Public domain vintage map

Relief shown pictorially. From Giovanni Battista Ramusio's Terzo volvme delle navigationi et viaggi ...? 1565? pp. 424-425? In upper left margin: 424. In upper right margin: 425. Available also through the Libr... More

Pincushion - Public domain dedication image

Canada, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia Public domain photograph of textile sample, pattern, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Family portrait -- now we are the ancestors of those who are yet unbor...

"This photo was taken at a Treaty Day in the early 1920s, and was supplied through the courtest [sic] of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians." One of a series. Individuals in portrait named in picture capti... More

Powder Horn, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

Public domain photo of a 3d object, North and Central America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cup, North and Central America, Canada

Public domain photo of a 3d object, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax

Depths shown by soundings. Includes ensign of Nova Scotia, 6 coat of arms, and drawings of three native insects and a porcupine. Oriented with north to the right. Appears in the Gentleman's Magazine, May 1750, ... More

A plan of the city of Louisbourg with its fortifications

Relief shown by hachures. Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Aug. 2010. Gift from Mark Hutchins, Hutchins & Associates. Indexed. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

A View of the Taking of Quebec, September 13, 1759

Published by Bowles & Carver (London) Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plan de la baye de Chibouctou nommée par les Anglois Halifax, 1763

Scale ca. 1:100,000. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower right. "Tome I, no. 28." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Inset with index: Plan de... More

An east view of Montreal, in Canada Vue orientale de Montréal, en Cana...

Print shows a view of Montréal from across the Saint Lawrence River, with ships in the foreground, and a legend identifying the General Hospital, the "Recollects," St. Sulpicius, the nunnery, the Jesuit's Churc... More

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville - A new and accurate map of North ...

Scale ca. 1:6,360,000. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. "West longitude from Ferro." Differs from other copies in coloration of boundaries. Boundaries only are colored. Long Island is colored as being at... More

Major General John Sullivan - Engraving, Public domain image

Public domain scan - 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salt - Public domain dedication photo

Public domain photo of a 3d object, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A chart shewing part of the coast of N.W. America : with the tracks of...

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. In upper right corner: 5. Insets: Entrance of Columbia River -- Gray's Harbour -- Port Discovery. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The new House of Parliament for the legislature of the province of Ont...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: [Ottawa].

A correct map of the seat of war. - Public domain map

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Fort Niagara taken from the British side of the river at Newark / Stri...

Print shows Fort Niagara on a peninsula at the mouth of the Niagara River in Lake Ontario. Published in Port Folio Magazine October 1814, p. 297. Stamped on lower right on mount: Map Division Oct 4 '21 Library... More

mill from "A Topographical Description of the Province of Lower Canada...

This image has been taken from scan 000562 from "A Topographical Description of the Province of Lower Canada, with remarks upon Upper Canada, and on the relative connexion of both provinces with the United Stat... More

Photo of Pipe Bowl, 19th century - Public domain dedication

Canada, British Columbia Public domain photograph of stone archaeological object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

De kolonie Frederiksoord, 1818 - Public domain old map

Gezicht in vogelvluchtperspectief op de huizen in de kolonie Frederiksoord, een vestiging voor arme stadsgezinnen gesticht door de Maatschappij van Weldadigheid in 1818. Twee parallele wegen waaraan huizen zijn... More

Firebag, 19th century - Public domain dedication image

Canada, Manitoba or Saskatchawan Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Commencement of the Falls of Canada Creek.

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lidded Box, arts of africa oceania and the americas

Public domain photo of a 3d object, North and Central America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

David Octavius Hill - Dr. Inglis, Halifax

Public domain photo of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and photographer. He was a pioneer of photography in Scot... More

David Octavius Hill - Dr. Inglis, Halifax

The great naval blockade of Round Island. Showing the immense importa...

A satire on Taylor administration efforts to curtail American "filibusters," armed expeditions against Cuba for the purpose of freeing the island from Spanish rule. Specific reference here is to the Navy's bloc... More

Portrait from "Poems of the Canadian West. [With a portrait.]"

This image has been taken from scan 000007 from "Poems of the Canadian West. [With a portrait.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library... More

Les tuileries, Stereoscope Card. Stereoscope card, Paris, France, 19th...

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the Seine and Pont Neuf from Saint Gervais

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of Windsor County, Vermont / - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 1193 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illustrations. Insets: Barnard -- Bethel -- Bridgewat... More

Great Tubular Bridge, Grand Trunk Railway, Montreal, Canada

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1856 Dec. 20, p. 41. Reference copy may be in LOT 4429-D. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Can. Montreal; Railroads... More

City of Montreal J. Walker sc. Montreal

Print shows an elevated view of the city of Montreal, Québec, showing many buildings and churches, the Notre-Dame Basilica, the Pont Victoria, a railroad bridge spanning the Saint Lawrence River, and a bit of t... More

Steamer PASSPORT - Public domain image of a steam boat

Advertisement for Canadian steamer service between Montreal and Milwaukee, 1857. Reference copy may be in LOT 4426 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Capt... More

Bridge spanning rocky river near Quebec

Photo of Dollhouse Chair, 19th century - Public domain dedication

Canada, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia Public domain photograph of figure, small sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Drive - Mount Royal Park, Canada]

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Hamilton, Ontario - Post Office, 1858

The building began life as a three storey three bay stone Post office that was constructed from 1856-1858, meaning it is a pre-confederation public building. One of the only other surviving pre-confederation pu... More

Reverend Joel Hawes, D.D. Pastor of the First Church in Hartford Ct.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Crow Thomas & Co. [Inscribed] Feb. 15, 1861 No. 583. Also No. 19152 [stamped] Apri. 15. 1861. Check 500 field. al... More

[Champlain Street, Quebec]. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. James' Street - Montreal.. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public dom...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View of Quebec, Canada]. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain p...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grey Nunnery, Montreal.. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain ph...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Windsor Hotel, Montreal, Canada], J. Paul Getty Museum

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aix sponsa from "The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, or notes on t...

This image has been taken from scan 000275 from "The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, or notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fish of that Country ... Illustrated with coloured plates an... More

Lake Saint Charles, near Quebec

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mount Hope Motherhouse and Orphanage front view

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Beaver Hall Hill - Montreal.. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public doma...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Tennis and picnic at the Dundas Driving Park. [ca. 189-?]

The man feeding his friend is Gordon Crooks Wilson (1872 - 1937) of Dundas. He was a merchant (C. W. Wilson and Company) and a politician, serving as a Member of Parliament for 25 years...Others identified: mid... More

William Notman Studio, 17 Bleury Street, Montreal, QC, about 1875

N-0000.157.William Notman Studio, 17 Bleury Street, Montreal, QC, about 1875.Notman & Sandham.1870-1878, 19th century.Notman photographic Archives - McCord Museum ( http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/keys/collect... More

Hamilton Brass Manufacturing Company

Archibald McDonald Forster (1843- ) trained in his father’s foundry. In 1866 he invented a preparation to clean scale from steam boilers and in 1868 a self-oiling cup. In 1877 he opened a brass foundry at the s... More

Hamilton Public Library, Ontario

Montreal, les rapides du Saint-Laurent

Public domain photograph - landscape, 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New rail road map of the United States and the Dominion of Canada, sho...

Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. The line was created by an act of the state of Illinoi... More

Bank of Montreal, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hamilton Public Library, Ontario

Based on a theatre design of an existing theatre in Toronto, the Grand Opera House opened to the public on November 29, 1880. It had cost $25,000 and was a combination of Gothic and Eastlake styles. The theatre... More

Niagara Falls from Prospect Point

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Head of musk ox killed near Ft. Conger / G.W. Rice photo.

Photograph showing head of dead muskox during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. No. 72.

portrait from "The Last Forty Years: Canada since the union of 1841. [...

This image has been taken from scan 000280 from volume 01 of "The Last Forty Years: Canada since the union of 1841. [With plates, including portraits.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been gene... More

[Alexander Melville Bell with his wife Eliza Grace Symonds and their g...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs, 1846-1946: selected from the collections of the L... More

Portrait from "History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario; contain...

This image has been taken from scan 000340 from volume 02 of "History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario; containing an outline of the history of the Dominion of Canada ... biographical sketches, etc., etc.... More

portrait from "History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario; contain...

This image has been taken from scan 000087 from volume 01 of "History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario; containing an outline of the history of the Dominion of Canada ... biographical sketches, etc., etc.... More

Toronto from "History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario; containi...

This image has been taken from scan 000442 from volume 01 of "History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario; containing an outline of the history of the Dominion of Canada ... biographical sketches, etc., etc.... More

Market day, Jacques Cartier Square, Montreal, QC, 1884-85

VIEW-1485.1.Market day, Jacques Cartier Square, Montreal, QC, 1884-85.Wm. Notman & Son.1884-1885, 19th century.Notman photographic Archives - McCord Museum ( http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/keys/collections/ )... More

blubber from "Our North Land: being a full account of the Canadian Nor...

This image has been taken from scan 000203 from "Our North Land: being a full account of the Canadian North-West and Hudson's Bay Route, together with a narrative of the experiences of the Hudson's Bay Expediti... More

Toronto from "History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario; containi...

This image has been taken from scan 000703 from volume 01 of "History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario; containing an outline of the history of the Dominion of Canada ... biographical sketches, etc., etc.... More

The alderman's alternative - to Sing Sing, or Canada? / J.A. Wales.

Illustration shows a man, possibly Jacob Sharp or one of the aldermen he bribed, holding a carpetbag labeled "Broadway Street Car Boodle", looking up at a street sign pointing in two directions, to the left "To... More

Ice castle, Montreal; winter carnival, 1887 / J.T. Henderson, publishe...

Print shows a large ice castle with Canadian, American, and French flags, during the Winter Carnival of 1887, with many sightseers on foot and in horse-drawn sleighs. Caption continues: Dimensions: 144 x 116 f... More

Construction of City Hall, 1887-1890

Construction of City Hall 1887-1890. While it was under construction the city officials moved their offices to what had been the old post office just north and east of the city hall...024-32022194825374

Hamilton Town Hall (1839-1887) Hamilton, Ontario

This is the 2nd town hall. The first was a combined town hall/police station/jail/fire hall on King William St. that was opened in 1836. They moved to a site on James Street North in 1839. It was a combined Mar... More

Hamilton City Hall, 1839-1887 Hamilton, Ontario

portrait from "The Queen's Jubilee and Toronto “called back” from 1887...

This image has been taken from scan 000380 from "The Queen's Jubilee and Toronto “called back” from 1887 to 1847. This revised edition contains the progress of the city from 1886 to 1887, etc". The title and su... More

Great Market Day, Quebec, in a Snow Storm.

Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dominion of Canada, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Merigomish Harbor (Nova Sc...

Merigomish Harbor (Nova Scotia) Courtesy of Boston Public Library

America from "A Popular History of the Dominion of Canada ... Revised ...

This image has been taken from scan 000084 from "A Popular History of the Dominion of Canada ... Revised ... edition, brought down to 1888 ... With ... maps, and ... engravings". The title and subject terms of ... More

Gezicht op Québec. Photomechanical print.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Rapids of Niagara, Lewiston Branch, N.Y. Central Ry.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river or lake, forest, trees, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mary Anderson in Colors of New Brunswick Yacht Club, from the Yacht Co...

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cedar Island from Fort Henry, Kingston, Ontario

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "656-4" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08819. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Prospect Point, Niagara, Ontario, Canada

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Parliament bldgs., from Major [i.e. Major's] Hill Park, Ottawa

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Union Depot, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "568-4" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012741. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Gananoque Inn, Thousand Islands]

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

map from "Au Canada et chez les Peaux-Rouges. Ouvrage contenant neuf g...

This image has been taken from scan 000169 from "Au Canada et chez les Peaux-Rouges. Ouvrage contenant neuf gravures hors texte, d'après les dessins de G. Tiret-Bognet et L. Boudier et une carte, etc". The tit... More

The Carlson Family. [between 1885 and 1890]

"Caption: Mr. & Mrs. Carlson Sr. (friend of Auntie Mima) was a tailor & made Grandpa Curtis clerical suits."..Thomas Farmer photograph...Original Photographs Collection..32022201874779

Market Place and Nelson's Monument, Montreal, Canada

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic car... More

Hamilton Public Library, Ontario

From the 1890 City Directory, "Thomas Lawry & Son, pork packers and provision dealers, 26-32 MacNab St and Market Hall"..Original Photographs Collection..32022191135678

Queen's Royal Hotel, Nagara-on-the-Lake

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012145. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Parliament bldgs., from Major [i.e. Major's] Hill Park, Ottawa

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Tramway crossing under construction, Ste. Catherine and St. Lawrence S...

II-102021.Tramway crossing under construction, Ste. Catherine and St. Lawrence St., Montreal, QC, 1893.Wm. Notman & Son.1893, 19th century.Notman photographic Archives - McCord Museum ( http://www.musee-mccord.... More

Toronto from "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of histor...

This image has been taken from scan 000076 from volume 02 of "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833 (till 1837) and of Toronto from 1... More

toronto from "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of histor...

This image has been taken from scan 000087 from volume 01 of "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833 (till 1837) and of Toronto from 1... More

Toronto from "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of histor...

This image has been taken from scan 000108 from volume 01 of "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833 (till 1837) and of Toronto from 1... More

Toronto from "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of histor...

This image has been taken from scan 000579 from volume 01 of "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833 (till 1837) and of Toronto from 1... More

Toronto from "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of histor...

This image has been taken from scan 000656 from volume 01 of "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833 (till 1837) and of Toronto from 1... More

1832 from "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historica...

This image has been taken from scan 000200 from volume 01 of "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833 (till 1837) and of Toronto from 1... More

house from "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historic...

This image has been taken from scan 000057 from volume 01 of "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833 (till 1837) and of Toronto from 1... More

Toronto from "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of histor...

This image has been taken from scan 000593 from volume 01 of "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833 (till 1837) and of Toronto from 1... More

Toronto from "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of histor...

This image has been taken from scan 000067 from volume 02 of "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833 (till 1837) and of Toronto from 1... More

Toronto from "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of histor...

This image has been taken from scan 000623 from volume 02 of "Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833 (till 1837) and of Toronto from 1... More

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